As we near to the end of our long journey we reminisced our memories, some funny and some just pure embarassing we were told by leader sarah that it is only the beginning of a new phase of our lives.
In our favourite hostel, Hostel Pang, we scoffed our faces with large hamburgers and mango milkshakes topped off with a chocolate cake to celebrate the days where we were deprived from food. Our bellies were very happy by the end. As I write this my fellow team members are outside enjoying the twinkling lights of San Jose. Tomorrow our 5.30 bus shuttle to the airport will be filled with sadden hearts as we prepare to say goodbye to our home for 1 month for the last time. However we are filled with lots of memories and will greatly miss the close knitted team we have created, that we now call family.
I want to send out the love from the team to our number one fav teacher, a great friend to all of us who is one of us with her constant smiling and crazy bubbly behaviour and is generally a LAD and TRUE FWENDD. Thank you Gordy for everything for making this spectacular experience possible.
I go now and say ADIOS AMIGOS Y BUENAS NOCHES for the last time and we are all looking forward to our family reunions at the airport so see you soon.
Hope youve enjoyed following our blog and our crazy adventures.
love from Taggie and the team
xxxx
Monday 2 August 2010
CHURCH CAMP? FAT CAMP? NO WORLD CHALLENGERS!!
Yesterday we climbed Cerro Chatto Volcano in La Fortuna. It was a tough uphill climb but our team, now super fit climbed it in a record of 2 hours with the help of guide William, a sweet man who used to live in the rainforest and claimed he climbed Arenal Volcano (THE BIG ONE!) illegally 8 times. He showed us how to be tarzan by swinging on vines through the rainforest, luckily none of our clumsiness affected our challenge. Once we reached the top we were greeted by a magnificent view of the volcano crater and some of us were lucky to climb a tree and be blown away by the gorgeous, pituresque view of the lagoon. we stopped for lunch, took beautiful photos and then descended back down the volcanoe. On our journey back we were greeted by a american couple who thought we were a church group we replied NO WERE FAT CAAAAMP! YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN US WHEN WE ARRIVED! In the midst of our laughter we carried on the journey down singing shine jesus shine, carrying long man made walking sticks, eagerly sprinting to get to the hotsprings.
The baldi hot springs awaited us as we practically tore off our sweaty muddy trekking gear and got into our bikinis and climbed into the various lush hot springs and then hit the water slides where we reached 45km per hour. We all came out in hilarious poses and screeches as we hit or bombed into the water. We got out and went to dinner which was an all you can eat buffet and by the end we all had to waddle out carrying our food babies AKA as Gordy would say DEXTER and his evil twins.
We finished the night off with a couple of milkshakes and cokes at Arenal and then jumped into bed.
BUENAS NOCHES
The baldi hot springs awaited us as we practically tore off our sweaty muddy trekking gear and got into our bikinis and climbed into the various lush hot springs and then hit the water slides where we reached 45km per hour. We all came out in hilarious poses and screeches as we hit or bombed into the water. We got out and went to dinner which was an all you can eat buffet and by the end we all had to waddle out carrying our food babies AKA as Gordy would say DEXTER and his evil twins.
We finished the night off with a couple of milkshakes and cokes at Arenal and then jumped into bed.
BUENAS NOCHES
PURA VIDA
WE started the day with a 4 hour bus journey to La Fortuna. Despite wandering foolishly around for a while we eventually made it to the bus stop only to discover that the bus was completely packed with absolutely no space what so ever. We had a mass panic until a friendly Tico taxi driver came to the rescue and all of us took a ride in his tourist minibus.We spent the journey remenissing UK greatest hits aswell as Bieber Fever and a little S Club 7. Yes I repeat..we are cool.
We turned up at Arenal Backpackers which were fully booked despite us booking three times before and consequently told us to come back in la manana.In the end we stayed at a Chinese hostel where we came across an overly aggressive landlord who stubbornly refused our haggaling techniques.
We set off for the exploradores canopy tour full of excitment. When we arrived we were given our gear and were thrown in at at the deep end with a 250 metres climb over the rainforest in open topped chair lift. By this time the nerves began to set in. We reached the top and were greeted by a smartly dressed Tico, with a glass of mango juice for all to calm the nerves. They eased us in with two 20 metre zip wires. but little did we jnow what was in store for us next. We were then launched down an 800 metre wire, flying down at 45 miles an hour. Special congratulations to Abby who conquered her fear of heights! We did 5 more zipwires which got big and faster each time.
We went out for dinner at a local restaurant where we gorged off the local burgers and ice cream! We began the hunt for souvenirs for family and friends and there was much choice in the town. Finishing the evening off with refreshing showers and air con, we settled in a luxuriously comfortable bed for the night.
The next day we went White Water Rafting. We were welcomed by a enourmous cooked breakfast then set off to the rapids. Shooting down the rapids was exhilerating as the guides yelled commands such as Right Forward, Get Down and Left Back which caused confusion and sent us spinning a couple of times. At this point we realised we were total adrenaline junkies.
The bus journey back was very... eventful, where we joined with another group called gap adventures, a crazy gang of adults. we were all blushing in dire embarassment at their sing.a.longs, frolicking nature, one man even managed to fall on Lucys lap. Us students were appalled yet surprisingly entertained by their drunken antics, but were relieved to escape in one piece to arenal backpackers after spending four long hours in their company!!
ADIOS for now
GGB
KEN KEN
ABBY
TAGGIE
We turned up at Arenal Backpackers which were fully booked despite us booking three times before and consequently told us to come back in la manana.In the end we stayed at a Chinese hostel where we came across an overly aggressive landlord who stubbornly refused our haggaling techniques.
We set off for the exploradores canopy tour full of excitment. When we arrived we were given our gear and were thrown in at at the deep end with a 250 metres climb over the rainforest in open topped chair lift. By this time the nerves began to set in. We reached the top and were greeted by a smartly dressed Tico, with a glass of mango juice for all to calm the nerves. They eased us in with two 20 metre zip wires. but little did we jnow what was in store for us next. We were then launched down an 800 metre wire, flying down at 45 miles an hour. Special congratulations to Abby who conquered her fear of heights! We did 5 more zipwires which got big and faster each time.
We went out for dinner at a local restaurant where we gorged off the local burgers and ice cream! We began the hunt for souvenirs for family and friends and there was much choice in the town. Finishing the evening off with refreshing showers and air con, we settled in a luxuriously comfortable bed for the night.
The next day we went White Water Rafting. We were welcomed by a enourmous cooked breakfast then set off to the rapids. Shooting down the rapids was exhilerating as the guides yelled commands such as Right Forward, Get Down and Left Back which caused confusion and sent us spinning a couple of times. At this point we realised we were total adrenaline junkies.
The bus journey back was very... eventful, where we joined with another group called gap adventures, a crazy gang of adults. we were all blushing in dire embarassment at their sing.a.longs, frolicking nature, one man even managed to fall on Lucys lap. Us students were appalled yet surprisingly entertained by their drunken antics, but were relieved to escape in one piece to arenal backpackers after spending four long hours in their company!!
ADIOS for now
GGB
KEN KEN
ABBY
TAGGIE
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